Chavez supporters rally on 1992 coup anniversary

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Chavez supporters rally on 1992 coup anniversary

Feb 05, 2013, 07.02 AM IST

In pic: Army tanks and supporters of the Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez take to the streets to conmemorate the 1992 failed coup led by Chavez, who was an army lieutenant colonel, against then president Carlos Andres Perez, in Caracas, on February 4, 2013. Ailing President Hugo Chavez, who had cancer surgery in December, is doing much better and recovering, Cuban leader Fidel Castro said in remarks published Monday. (AFP Photo)

Text: AP

Army tanks and soldiers in fatigues joined government supporters on Monday in the streets of Venezuela's capital in demonstrations commemorating the anniversary of a failed coup attempt led by President Hugo Chavez in 1992.

The ailing leader was absent for the first time from the annual event as crowds gathered for multiple marches wearing the red T-shirts of his socialist movement. Chavez remained in Cuba, where he has been out of sight and hasn't spoken publicly since he underwent cancer surgery on Dec. 11.